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LANGUAGE

The Census asks questions about language use at home to locate groups of people who speak a language other than English. Their isolation or integration into a primarily English speaking community can be determined by their ability to speak English proficiently.

Language Spoken at Home, 1990-2000
1990 2000
Number Percent Number Percent
Only English 16,437 97.08% 21,107 96.78%
Spanish 123 0.73% 321 1.47%
Other Indo-European* 333 1.97% 311 1.43%
Asian Language** 12 0.07% 26 0.12%
Other 26 0.15% 45 0.21%
Total Population Age 5+ 16,931 100.00% 21,810 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 86 26.79%
Other Indo-European* 59 18.97%
Asian Language** 2 7.69%
Other Language 2 4.44%
Total 149 0.68%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 51 41.46%
Other Indo-European* 84 25.23%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 0 -
Total 135 0.80%

* "Other Indo-European" excludes English and Spanish. "Indo-European" is not synonymous with "European." French, German, Hindi, and Persian are all classified as Indo-European. Hungarian, on the other hand, is lumped into "Other Language."

** "Asian Language" includes languages indigenous to Asia and Pacific islands areas that are not also Indo-European languages. Chinese, Japanese, Telugu, and Hawaiian are all classified here.

Also note that ability to speak English "very well" is based on the self-assessment of those responding to Census questions, not on a test of language ability.

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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